Visit Bhutan

1. Tourist

2. An official guest of the Royal Government of Bhutan.

3.Work for an international agency operating in Bhutan......UN organizations, VSO, VSA, and JOCV.

4. As a consultant for the government.

5. In a few special cases will be like host families of Bhutanese students abroad. The visit without paying the tourist tariff. These special cases are considered on case findings from the Department of Immigration after submitting details.

1. VISITING BHUTAN AS A TOURIST

The official rate for a tourist visiting Bhutan is US$250 per person per night. All tourist visit is routed through the local licensed Bhutanese tour operator. The visa process is different from other countries. The main objective of Bhutan Tourism policy is the maximization of foreign revenue from tourism with minimal impacts on the culture and environment. Bhutan follows the policy of High value and low impact.

The rate applied is the package tour to Bhutan, which includes Accommodation(3-4 star category), all meals, standard tourist Transportation, Entry fees for all places of visit, A licensed English-speaking guide(for any language guide you need to pay extra), The tour operator also pays a fraction of this fee as royalty to the Royal Government(US$65) from the tour package. (This amount goes to Govt. revenue and in Bhutan, we get free education and free health care). Your visa fee is a one-time payment of US$40.

Steps to follow for visiting Bhutan after Covid-19

1. Contact tour operator of Bhutan

For Regional Tourist visiting Bhutan

Note: Indian, Bangladeshi, and Maldive origin passport holders are exempted from the Bhutan Tourist tariff. They were allowed to come by their own travel arrangement till June 2020. From July 2020 Royal Government has applied a minimum tourism fee of Rs 1200/- (equivalent to US$16.57 with a dollar rate at Rs 74.5 = US1) per person per night. Now due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the law is not applied. After the opening of the tourism of Bhutan very soon the revision of tourist tariff for regional tourists will be applicable.